If your claim has not been served, go to the small claims court clerk and ask to amend (change) your claim. Take your original forms with you. After you file your "amended claim," serve it on the defendant.

If your claim already has been served on any of the defendants, fill out a Request to Amend Claim Before Hearing (Small Claims) (Form SC-114) or write a letter to ask for permission to change your claim. File Form SC-114 or your letter with the court clerk.

A copy of your Form SC-114 or letter must also be mailed or personally delivered to all of the other parties in your case.

Write a letter to the court explaining why you need to change your court date.

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Mail or personally give a copy of your Form SC-150 or letter to the other people named in the claim.

You may have to pay a $10 filing fee to ask for the postponement.

If your trial is in less than 10 days:

Take your completed Form SC-150 or letter to the clerk's office. Ask the clerk to attach it to your file. Or go to your trial and ask the judge for a postponement (or continuance).

In your Form SC-150 or letter, give the judge a good reason why you are filing your request late.

Also, mail or personally give a copy of your Form SC-150 or letter to the other people named in the claim.

Pay a $10 filing fee.

After you request to postpone the trialThe court will mail you an Order on Request to Postpone Trial (Form SC-152) stating the court’s decision on your request or may use another type of similar notice.

If the court postpones the trial, it will give you the new court date on Form SC-152 or on a similar notice. The court will send this notice to you and all the defendants.

If the court does not postpone the trial, the trial will be on the date when it is currently scheduled. The court will let you know that your request was denied and why on Form SC-152 or other similar notice.

If you do not hear from the court, go to the court on the scheduled trial date.